Medical Xpress April 29, 2025
Teams of health care providers called Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program have saved Medicare between $4.1 billion and $8.1 billion from 2012 through 2019, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study, published April 28 in JAMA, is thought to be the first to investigate the long-term impact of the program.
Launched in 2012, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) was established through the Affordable Care Act. Instead of making payments based on the volume of services—what’s called fee-for-service reimbursement—MSSP incentivizes clinicians and health care organizations by setting certain quality targets and allowing providers to share in part of any savings that result from more efficiently managing patient care.
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